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The Honest Cry of Faith
Commentators explain that this desperate question is not a sign of lost faith, but a profound expression of it. John Calvin refers to such cries as the "unutterable groanings" of a believer wrestling with the feeling of abandonment while still addressing God. This validates the painful experience many have when God feels distant, showing it's possible to feel forsaken yet still be held by faith.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 88:14
18th Century
Theologian
Lord, why castest thou off my soul? - Why do you forsake or abandon me? Why is it that you do not interpose, since you have all pow…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 88:14
19th Century
Bishop
You cast off. —The idea is that of throwing away something with loathing. ().
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 88:14
19th Century
Preacher
Note again the earnestness of the psalmist's pleadings. We have had many of them already; each verse has, I think, had at least two pleadings in it…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 88:14
16th Century
Theologian
Why, O Jehovah! will you reject my soul? These lamentations at first sight would seem to indicate a state of mind in which sorrow without …
John Gill
On Psalms 88:14
17th Century
Pastor
Lord, why do you cast off my soul ?
&c.] Here begins his prayer, which he determined to present early in the morning, and cons…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 88:10–18
17th Century
Minister
Departed souls may declare God's faithfulness, justice, and lovingkindness; but deceased bodies can neither receive God's favors in comfort, nor re…